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grub-install

GRUB-INSTALL(8) 							FSF							   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME

       grub-install - install GRUB on your drive

SYNOPSIS

       grub-install [OPTION] install_device

DESCRIPTION

       Install GRUB on your drive.

       -h, --help
	      print this message and exit

       -v, --version
	      print the version information and exit

       --root-directory=DIR
	      install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory

       --grub-shell=FILE
	      use FILE as the grub shell

       --no-floppy
	      do not probe any floppy drive

       --force-lba
	      force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS

       --recheck
	      probe a device map even if it already exists

       INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

       grub-install  copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by --root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the
       boot sector.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       grub(8), update-grub(8).

       The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package.  If  the  info  and  grub-install
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

	      info grub-install

       should give you access to the complete manual.

grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)					   January 2013 						   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

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